Litter training

[Naomi]

Well the little kittens I'm meant to be having are not fully litter trained. They will still ocassionally pee on the floor.

How do you litter train a kitten? :oops:

[dinahsmum]

Dunno Nae - thought it was pretty much an automatic thing with kittens.:roll:
Can't remember ever having to 'train'.
Sorry, no help at all ( so what's new? they all ask)

[Mags]

I used to put Cassie in the tray frequently, catch hold of her front paws and show her how to scratch in the litter.....she soon learnt:p

[Naomi]

Thanx DM I wasn't sure if it was an automatic thing or not. I've only ever owned one cat and she was an outdoor cat. Whenever she wanted to go toilet she'd tap me on the leg and run to the back door :?

Thanx Mags, Paul'll think I've lost the plot if he saw me doing that with the cats :lol:

[Luke]

well we had to teach 4 from 4 weeks old, Clementine and her brothers, and they were terrible, they would roll in the litter and kick it at each other :lol:
they got it ginally by being placed in after meals and when i saw them pacing, squatting pacing, scracthing the carpet or dissapearing off into corners, they leartn after a fortnight its a lot easier than house training puppies i have found

[Mags]

You will need to keep putting them in the litter tray even if you don't show them how to scratch Nae;) :lol:

Try it when Paul is out of the room:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Jac]

When I got C-Fur he had accidents. I did the same as Mags, worked a treat. Good luck. Just keep putting them in and make there front paws scatch. Worked within days!

[Naomi]

Thanx guy's. I've been putting them in the litter tray as they were fed when they got here but they just keep jumping out and now they've decided to fall asleep in the welly rack :roll:

[Mags]

:lol: :lol: :lol: @ Nae

[Naomi]

I can see me having plenty of fun over the next few days :lol:

[Jac]

Oh you will :-D :-D :-D

[Jeanette]

Hi Nae

You say they are 10-12 weeks, and not littertrained yet???:shock:

All the cats I've had were younger than that (except Oliver who was 10 weeks I think) and they were all litter trained, when I got them..

When I got home, all I did, was make sure, they knew where the litterbox were and then the first day, I may have brought them out to it, untill I saw them pee in it...

I didnt know, this was something we had to do...:? Oh well we learn everyday:-)

[Az]

Normally their mother teaches them - but I think a common way to do it is when you catch them in the act quickly pick them up and put them in their litter tray, not 100% sure tho!

[Naomi]

We're working on it and failing so far lol

They will poo in it but for some reason have an aversion to weeing in it during the day.

[dinahsmum]

Nae
Let's work out how to sort this. I think this is it (Or maybe this is what i read for puppies, but it sounds reasonable.

1. Get rid of the cat-wee smell from the wrong places. So, biological washing powder and hot water wherever possible, to get rid of that distinctive pong!
2. Hang on! Before you eradicate the smell, get a tissue or similar and blot the puddle. Take the tissue and roll it around in the clean litter, so the 'this is the place you wee-wee' smell is transferred there.
3. Pop those little sweeties in the smell-impregnated litter every hour and immediately after eating.
4. Be patient, good luck!
5. Keep us updated
:cat21

[Mags]

Couldn't have put that better myself DM......well done;) :lol: That could be your subject in the new resources section:roll: :-D

[dinahsmum]

Couldn't have put that better myself DM......well done;) :lol: That could be your subject in the new resources section:roll: :-D

Now will I get told off if I say something like - are you taking the ........? :D :D

[Mags]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Naomi]

Excellent stuff thanx DM you're a star!!! I'll try it out and let you know how it goes.

[Naomi]

Yay we have success!!!!!!

Thank you so so much DM. I did as you suggested with blotting the 'accidents' and it's worked they have both today done wee's in the litter tray :D

[Fran]

Great news Nae :D